{
  "id": 9797271,
  "title": "As WHO Nominations For Next Director-General Close, Six Contenders Emerge – But More May Remain Under Seal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/as-who-nominations-for-next-director-general-close-six-contenders",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-25T16:45:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Health Policy Watch",
    "slug": "health-policy-watch",
    "url": "https://healthpolicy-watch.news/who-nominations-close-six-candidates/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Following the statutory WHO nomination deadline for the next Director-General, six candidates have now been publicly declared on the agency’s prospective candidate page. While oncologist Dr Gevorg Tamamyan has been proposed in a cross-regional nomination by Botswana, sources with knowledge of the process said Gavi CEO Dr Sania Nishtar was reportedly not nominated by Pakistan. […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}